Fountain



F. c. BAUER Nov. 22, 1932.

FOUNTAIN Filed May 20. 1950 INVENTOR v Z ATTOR EY' Patented Nov. 22, 1932 UNITED STATES FRED c. BAUER; or mvmeron'nnw JERSEY I rouNrAiiv' U 1.. I

' I Application fi1e d May 20 19 3c}seria .ir f iiaoaa'j,

This invention relates to an improved fountain, adapted for use in decorations, being particularly adapted for table decorations, as

a center piece or as an ornamental article in;

other situations, such as window displays and the like.

This invention has for its object the provision of a portable fountainwhich uses the same water continuously thus requiring only a small quantity. Furthermore, the fountain is without any water pipe connections, having only an electrical connection to a socket and having an. intermittently operated pump or ejector mechanism which receives water from 15 the bowl of the fountain andprojects it as a i "of construction to be more fully described small stream or ajet'which descends back 'into the bowl. The cost of operation is very slight and the device is light in weightand can be made very attractive and decorative 0 1n appearance as the mechanismfis small and can be easily concealed in the fountain.

The invention also relates to certain details herein and finally embodied in the claims. I

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figurel is a cross section of the fountain with the'liquid projecting mechanism in elevation. v Figure 2 is a section of'the said liquid projecting mecha'-& -nism. Figure 3 is a top view of the outlet of I the pump or projector andFigure 4; is a'sec tion on line44in Figure 2. j i

The Ifountain itself is usually made small as for instance the kind made for use as a centre-piece for a table and comprises a basin which can be of any desired material. 'Metal that is laquered or porcelain are well adapted for this use. The basin comprises a bowl 10 which is mounted on a foot or base 11. The bowl is usually shallow and does not require much water. The bowlis preferably made with a depression 12, in the'centre, and this depression receives the upper part of the plunger mechanism which forms a fountain casing and comprises a head 13. The head has a reduced art 28 in the form of a boss which passes t rough a hole inIthe centre of the depression. The headcomprises a casing on which is'a top 16 with holes 17 to form a spray. Theboss 15 has-a tubular extension rain which slides the iii-ma ted of amagf- I 1et,20 The upper end of thearmature ro ects 1nto thehead' andis provided With a piston. The piston is made up of a web 22 which has-openings 23 and on thetop of this is" the disc 24: which lras a limited movement away fromthe web on the downstroke of the v j} piston. This movementislimited'by thefhead '25gon the screw25 which secur'esthe web on the end ofthe armature. v The casing of the 7 head has, openings 26 at the bottom through o r which openings thewaterf passes fromfthe p j bowl to replenish thehead' after each ejecting stroke. The magnet 'includesfa field member. 27-'which is, in the form of a frame and .has

. ascrew-threaded opening which is screwed on the reduced arses ofthehead of the foun-y tain casing. The parts 'are thusfastenedto thebo'wl. Agasket 29 is insertedtofmake mechanism which" sprays water through top 2 6-ofthe head '13. The contact device shuts Q Q I off the current and the plunger and piston drop. The control again energizes the arma-,

ture and the operation is repeated. In this.

way, the fountain emits water and this 7 continues while the current'is turned on.

In order to prevent a Spurting of water to 57g?) an excessive height and to modify or equalize the pressureon the piston to "the proper .ex-

tent to accomplish this I interpose a resilient or lost-motiondevice betweenthe piston and the armature ofithe magnet. The form that i. is illustrated comprises aspring 32 that abuts j onthe lower part of thearmature 19 and on the upper part 33. The extension 34-: of the 7 lower part slides in the upper part-and the spring is compressed when the armature erks upwardly.

The spring is compressed when m it 1,888,784 i i this takes place and then expendstoforce requires no water except the originaljsmall the piston upwardl to expel the water in the it form of a substantially steady s tream. I The fountain is small and easily portable,

supply and the operation takes but little current and is therefore econom cal,

"lchimzm '1. A fountaincomprising a boWI,lalso1e 7 1 noid device including a make and break connection foroperating apumpm pumpinthej i bottom of the bowl, the pump, including 'a, piston, the piston being secured at the end of "the armature of the solenoid, and'e'eompressionispi ing between the piston-and the arinatu e to modify the impulseo ftheaxnletnre' v on the piston. I

v V 2; A fountain oomp ni'sing aihaisin .ingfa bowlfande base a solenoi din the'base 7 "the minuteune solenoid extending int0- 1 m form a jetfin 'th'ef basin whenthe' plunger blitablefbuntafil comp bowl andsecureti intheopening;theiountain I j: V

"min-easinghayingran inletopening ior r'e- 1 r i Innes o y 'whereofvhe mixes is, s'igiia- I operates; an intermittent .contaet d e'vioe'inthe circn t. whlohenelqgiges the solenoid; and a I compression spring lnteiposetil betyfveen the" Plunger andthe armature,

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